GUNN, Harper

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Highland Light Infantry
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3319490
P.O.W. number: 
220184
Born: 
Monday, November 24, 1919
Birthplace: 
Glasgow
Private Harper Gunn was reported missing on 20 April 1941 during operations in the Middle East (Bardia raid), later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/24 and WO417/29.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and 11 (Stalag 344) and WO392/21 (Camp 78).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/154/386 (Stalag 4B).
 

Notes
His Unit on the Casualty Record is No. 3 SS Bn. This was formed by merging No 4 and 7 Commandos. It was short lived and by Feb 1941 the units had been redesignated back to individual Commando units. However in the interim period on the 31st January 1941, all of No 7 Commando, with some men from No 4 Commando, had sailed for the Middle East as part of Layforce.

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